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  • Have You Noticed That People Are More And More ...  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 29, 2002
    based on 19 ratings
     | 2,017 views

    Have you noticed that people are more and more angry then ever before? Consider the following… § One anger management firm stated that “one out of every five Americans has an anger management problem.” § According to FBI statistics, there were 23,305 homicides in 1994 and the most common reason was ...read more

  • The Manifestations Of An Antichrist  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Sep 15, 2002
    based on 3 ratings
     | 3,853 views

    THE MANIFESTATIONS OF AN ANTICHRIST A father told a Senate committee that his son committed suicide after listening to songs about violence, sex, drugs, and death. "He was a good boy," Raymond Kuntz of Burlington, N.D., said of his only child, 15-year-old Richard. "The music wasn’t symptomatic ...read more

  • Seared Conscience, Citation: J. Douglas Burford, ...  PRO

    Contributed by A. Todd Coget on Oct 25, 2002
    based on 8 ratings
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    [Seared Conscience, Citation: J. Douglas Burford, Mission, Kansas] During my college years—in my infinite wisdom—it occurred to me that it made no sense to stop at red traffic lights when there was clearly no traffic around. So I began to stop only briefly—just long enough to ...read more

  • One Day While Working In The Oilfield We Were ...  PRO

    Contributed by Larry Schoonover on Mar 13, 2003
    based on 42 ratings
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    One day while working in the oilfield we were "breaking out" and removing old, abandoned pipelines. These were old "flow lines" and "gas lines". Natural gas has a tendency to dry out the threads of pipe and this, coupled with their age, make screwing the pipe apart very difficult. It was necessary ...read more

  • At The End Of Wwii The Japanese Government Faced ...  PRO

    Contributed by D. Greg Ebie on May 7, 2003
    based on 9 ratings
     | 4,881 views

    At the end of WWII the Japanese government faced a similar problem with thousands of soldiers who were hiding in the jungles and mountains in the South Pacific. Although the treaty with the U.S. had been signed and the war was over, thousands of Japanese soldiers living in the mountains and ...read more

  • Seems There Was A Talented Young Man In The ...

    Contributed by Wade Martin Hughes, Sr on Jul 19, 2003
    based on 2 ratings
     | 19,745 views

    Seems there was a talented young man in the Midwest. There were terrible fires in Yellowsont National Park burning thousands of acres. This young man was gifted with the camera and could capture the heart of crisis on film. So a well known national magazine hired the young man to picture this ...read more

  • Every Once In A While My Daughter Starts ...

    Contributed by Joel Pankow on Apr 30, 2004
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,838 views

    Every once in a while my daughter starts crying. From then on in, the battle begins. My wife and I have an ignorance contest. Who can lay the stillest for the longest without getting up? The trick to winning this battle is to learn how to tune it out. If I can somehow stay in a sort of ...read more

  • A Real Heroine  PRO

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Aug 26, 2004
    based on 3 ratings
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    A REAL HEROINE As you walk down the red carpet, a frenzied mob swarms around you, demanding your autograph. The reporters are snapping your picture, nearly blinding you. Every ten feet, a television crew stops you for an interview. Have you just become the hottest newest star? No, you’re at ...read more

  • A More Powerful Medication!" Genesis 3: 6-19 Key ...  PRO

    Contributed by Mark Brunner on Oct 28, 2004
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    “A More Powerful Medication!” Genesis 3: 6-19 Key verse(s): 8b: “... and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.” I am an asthmatic. Asthmatics often have problems breathing because they are hyper-sensitive to the environment around them. When a foreign substance is ...read more

  • The Cohen Brothers And Mr. Ford  PRO

    Contributed by Ed Vasicek on Mar 4, 2005
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    The Cohen Brothers & Mr. Ford It was a sweltering August day when all three Cohen brothers entered the posh Dearborn, Michigan, offices of Henry Ford, the car maker, "Mr. Ford," announced Norman Cohen, the eldest of the three. "We have a remarkable invention that will revolutionize the automobile ...read more

  • In The Late Winter Of 1891, The Whale-Ship 'star ...  PRO

    Contributed by Peter Bines on Sep 6, 2005
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    In the late winter of 1891, the whale-ship ’Star of the East’ was in the area of the Falkland Islands when it sighted a whale. Two boats were sent out with harpoons to catch and kill the creature. But the whale’s lashing tail overturned one of the boats spilling the crew into the sea. All were ...read more

  • Perhaps You Have Heard Of The Upcoming Movie The ...  PRO

    Contributed by Pat Cook on Sep 14, 2005
    based on 10 ratings
     | 2,586 views

    Perhaps you have heard of the upcoming movie The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. It’s a wonderful story written by CS Lewis, one of the sharpest Christian thinkers of the 20th century. The wardrobe mentioned in the title is a large walk-in closet in an old house owned by an old and quirky ...read more

  • For Some, The Presence Of Difficulties And ...

    Contributed by Rodney Buchanan on Jul 23, 2007
     | 2,412 views

    For some, the presence of difficulties and suffering in the world mean that God is punishing them for something. But for others, it is the sign that God is not able to do anything about the problems they face. Others wonder if he simply does not care. William Frey, retired Episcopal bishop from ...read more

  • There Is A Very Old Story About A Man And His Boy ...

    Contributed by Clark Tanner on Aug 31, 2007
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    There is a very old story about a man and his boy who were walking through the jungle and came upon a man who had fallen into a pit dug to trap lions. He had been trying in vain for hours to climb out and had accomplished nothing except to exhaust himself. Nighttime was about to fall and both he ...read more

  • Christian Herter Was The Governor Of ...

    Contributed by Ajai Prakash on Feb 21, 2008
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    Christian Herter was the governor of Massachusetts in the 1950’s the story is told of a time when he was campaigning, when he came across someone whom he was about to ignore, but found himself having to notice. Apparently, he was having a really hard day campaigning, missed his lunch and came in ...read more

  • Stay Awake In Church

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
     | 3,600 views

    STAY AWAKE IN CHURCH Each of us should periodically make a personal spiritual assessment. If we have never truly been awake, we must ask the God of grace to help us believe. We must confess our sin, declare our faith in Christ, and ask Christ to make us brand-new — to receive him as our Savior. ...read more

  • With Regard To Alcohol Abuse

    Contributed by Sermon Central on Apr 8, 2008
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,104 views

    With regard to alcohol abuse: 1. Currently, nearly 14 million Americans—1 in every 13 adults-abuse alcohol or are alcoholic. 2. Several million more adults engage in risky drinking patterns that could lead to alcohol problems. 3. Even more scary and sad is how young people are when they get ...read more

  • Tom Dooley Was A Young Doctor Who Organized ...

    Contributed by Richard Goble on Mar 20, 2008
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    Tom Dooley was a young doctor who organized hospitals, raised money, and literally poured out his life in the service of the afflicted peoples of Southeast Asia. Here was a man whose deep relationship with God motivated him to abandon a soft career in the United States for a desperately difficult ...read more

  • Coming Out Of The Sewer

    Contributed by Aubrey Vaughan on Apr 27, 2008
     | 2,053 views

    COMING OUT OF THE SEWER I remember a documentary, it was about a Christian agency that worked with children who lived in sewers - somewhere in eastern Europe - the work of the agency is to re-house these kids - a chance for a new life away from the darkness and filth of the sewers into foster ...read more

  • A Church For 57 Cents

    Contributed by Dave Kinney on Aug 9, 2008
     | 2,850 views

    A CHURCH FOR 57 CENTS It was 1938 when a little girl went to church for the first time. She was found sobbing loudly by the pastor and he asked her what the problem was. She said, "I can't go in the class because there's no more room." Pastor Larry picked the little shabby dressed, unkepted girl ...read more